Card clip



G. B. EDGAR I CARD CLIP Filed Jan. 2, 1925 July 28, 1925.

Fatented July 28, T3 25,

GEORGE BENJAMIN EDGAR, OF LAVt It-ENCE, KAJXTSAS, O

TO LAIGHTON R. MELVIN, SIX EEK CENT T0 FRANK E, All SIX CENT T0 ROBERT A. MELVIN, ALL OF LAVIRENCE, S,

CARD CLIP.

Application filed. Jan ary 2, 192.5. Serial No. 233.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonsn B. EDGAR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lawrence, in the county of Douglas and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Card-Clip, of which the following is a specification.

This invention aims to provide a simple means whereby cards may be displayed for the purpose of advising ice men, bakers and the like, as to th amount of a commodity which a purchaser desires.

The invention aims to provide novel means whereby a card will be held securely on a support; and, generally, to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

Although a preferred form has been shown in the drawings, it will be understood that a mechanic, working within the scope of what is claimed, may make alterations without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in elevation, a device con structed in accordance with the invention;

Figure 2 is a section on the line 22 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a perspective view wherein the clip is delineated; and

Figure 4 is a longitudinal section showing a modification.

In carrying out the invention, there is provided a tablet 1, which may be made of cardboard or any other suitable material. The tablet 1 may be of any preferred outline, but, as depicted in Figure 1, it is square. The tablet 1 is supplied adjacent to each corner with an opening 2. Inwardly of each opening 2, the tablet is provided with a character 3, the characters 3 indicating different amounts of merchandise. Adjacent to its geometrical center, and upon its outer surface, the tablet is inscribed with a legend 4, denoting the sort of merchandise to which the characters 3 relate. In the present instance, but not of necessity, the device is embodied in the form of an ice card on which the number of pounds desired are marked.

The numeral 5 designates a support, which may be the wall of a building, or anything else. To the support 5 is secured a clip 6 comprising a straight body 7 adapted to lie flat against the support 5, and provided near to its upper end with one or more countersunk holes 8, the hole 8 being adapted to receive a securing element 9, such as a screw, whereby the clip 6 is held on the support 5, The body 7 of the clip 6 is offset at its lower end, as shown at 10, to form a resilient tongue 11, the tongue 11 being supplied with an outwardly inclined lower end 12, defining an entering throat 14 between the tongue 11 and the support 4. An upstanding finger 15 is struck, as at 16, from the tongue 11 of the bracket.

In practical operation, one corner of the tablet 1 is thrust upwardly between the tongue 11 of the clip 6 and the support 5, the throat 14 facilitating the insertion of the corner of the tablet beneath the tongue. The tongue 11 extends downwardly through the opening 2 and bears against the outer surface of the tablet 1. The upper corner of the tablet 1 may be placed outwardly, toa slight extent, so as to clear the fin ger 15, and when the tablet 1 is drawn downwardly, the extreme upper portion of the tablet will be engaged between the finger 15 and the tongue 11 and will be suspended, the tongue 11 bearing against the outer surface of the tablet to press the tablet against the support 5, an unusually secure mounting for the tablet thus being afforded.

In Figure 4 of the drawings, parts hereinbefore described have been designated by numerals previously used, with the suffix' a. The modification consists in striking the finger 15 from the clip 6 at the bot tom opening-16 instead of the top of the opening as shown in Figure 3. This improvement removes one operation in the process of manufacture, namely, the turning up of the tongue 15 in Figure 3 to the position as shown. 4

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is Ina device of the class described, a clip comprising a body and an oflset tongue, In testimony that I claim the foregoing there being an upstanding finger on the as my I ve hereto :IfliXed my slgnatongue and a tablet extended behlnd the hire 111 the presence of two Witnesses.

tongue the tablet having an opening 'e- BENJAlVlIN EDGAR. oeiving the tongue, the tablet being en- Vitnesses: i gaged between the finger and the tongue L. R. MELVIN,

at the upper end of said opening. II. L. SUTHERLAND. 

